The Commission was created as an independent body to representthe Europeaninterest commonto all the Member States of the Union. It is the driving force ofthe legislative process, proposing the “laws”on which the European Parliamentand the Council then have to take a decision.

With the recent economic crisis, the EU is stepping up its eorts to safeguard jobs and promote employment, for instance in the renewable energy sector where it is estimated that 2.8 million new jobs could be created in the coming years.

In December 2004, a call for proposals for the creation of a conflict prevention network was launched, and a pool of experts has been created for deployment in future crisis management missions led by the EU – lessons from the EU intervention in tsunami-hit

Free movement is enshrined in the EU’streaties, but it became a practical reality only once the ‘Schengen area’ wascreated. This frontier-free zone isnamed after the town in Luxembourgwhere the original agreement wassigned.

"The marks the first time shamans of an Amazonian tribe have created a full and complete transcription of their medicinal knowledge written in their own language and words,” Christopher Herndon, president and co-founder of Acaté, told Mongabay in an interview.

The colossal project would create more than 200,000 jobs, attract between 15 and 18.8 billion euros worth of investments up until 2022, and generate more than 15 billion euros from tourism income over ten to fifteen years.

The law would create a registry (or "blacklist") of any online materials containing illegal information relevant to children (specifically child pornography, drug paraphernalia, and instructions about self-harm).

Europe could be made even more democratic by giving the Parliament a greater role, by creating genuine European political parties and by giving ordinary people a greater say in EU policymaking via non-governmental organisations and other voluntary associations.

Others think immigrants may be the saviors of the language.“I’m looking very much forward to the time when immigrants start to write literature in their version of Icelandic — creating new words, says novelist, Auður Ava Ólafsdóttir.

The fact that this reaction comes from the head of a press association has sparked shock and disbelief among Spanish netizens, who have flooded Twitter with comments and even created a hashtag with the Head´s name: #antoniomora.